Company Celebrates Over 25 Years in the Business

Top New Zealand Health and Wellness Company Celebrates Over
25 Years in the Business

May 20, 2014 - Christchurch, New
Zealand – One of New Zealand’s top health and wellness
companies has recently passed an important business
milestone. New Zealand Health Food Company is currently
celebrating over 25 years in business since the company’s
initial founding back on the 16th March 1988.

The company
itself is notable within the industry for bringing many of
New Zealand’s most beneficial products and ingredients to
both local and international markets. In fact, when founder
and company CEO Rob Haines first conceptualized New Zealand
Health Food Company, it was out of a strong desire to do
exactly that.

“In the early days, established national
and international brands asked me to supply them with
quality ingredients for their own production,” says
Haines. “As some of these ingredients grew in popularity,
and spurred on by my customers’ success, I developed our
own retail brands; ‘NZHF’ and ‘Kiwi Natural Health’
in the mid 1990’s.”

Later on in 2008, the signature
brands KNH and Dr. Bee would also hit the market and the
rest is history. Since the 1990’s, Haines’s signature
brands have continued to grow in popularity as the worldwide
consumer demand for all-natural, organic foods and wellness
options continues to increase.

Filling a Rising Demand
for Better, More Wholesome Products

People are more
interested in living wholesome, environmentally conscious
lives than ever before. They’re not just eating better and
exercising more either. They’re making a conscious effort
to become better informed in regards to healthy living
practices, wellness supplements, and environmentally
conscious living.

New Zealand Health Food Company was
founded at exactly the right time to take advantage of the
trend right when it was hitting its peak by introducing the
entire global market to the best wellness products New
Zealand has to offer. In its early days, the company was a
brick and mortar retail business only. However, an engaging
and informative e-commerce website has also been established
in order to meet the growing demand for the products.
Together, the two have combined to form a single entity that
continues to grow, expand, and improve as its customer base
grows worldwide.

Family Owned and Run Since Day
One

Another major factor that has helped make New Zealand
Health Food Company into the respected, trusted retailer it
is today is the fact that it’s been family owned and
operated since its first day in business. For instance,
founder Rob Haines’s very own mother was intimately
involved with the operations side of the business for many
years until her retirement at age 82.

Haines’s children
are also currently involved with the company. Rob’s
daughter, Ellie, works in office administration while his
son, Sam works in the sales department. Each of them is in
the process of learning everything about how the company is
run and how signature products are developed so that the
high standard already set in place can be continued into the
future.

Haines also has a second daughter, Selina who
works in production while her husband, Doug is the
company’s operations manager.

High Standards and
Old-Fashioned Values

Retailers like New Zealand Health
Food Company are part of a growing movement that calls for a
return to old-fashioned family values, a focus on
exceptional customer service, and a priority on nothing but
the best quality products.

The company currently offers
an extensive and perpetually growing line of natural,
wholesome supplements and products for men, women, and
children alike. Each of these products is developed in full
cooperation with the New Zealand Food Safety Authority’s
highest standards.

Great care is taken to see to it that
only the finest ingredients are used and that consistent
quality is maintained across the board. Potential
biological, physical, or chemical hazards are managed via a
strict risk management system. Numerous checks and balances
are also in place to maintain the quality of not only the
products, but the level of service consumers and partners
alike can expect to receive.

This painstaking level of
care and consideration is what the Haines family credits for
the exceedingly loyal customer base New Zealand Health Food
Company has built since it was first founded over 25 years
ago.

What’s Next For One Of New Zealand’s Fastest
Growing Wellness Companies?

According to Rob Haines, the
company’s impressive catalogue when it comes to
supplements, whole foods, skin care products, and more is
only the beginning. As the world continues to demand
all-natural solutions to an expanding variety of needs, New
Zealand Health Food Company has plans to help fill them to
the highest degree possible. Consumers and partners alike
can expect the development of new products to continue
perpetually while the current standard of excellence is
maintained.

Those interested in learning more about the
New Zealand Health Food Company or any of its products are
invited to visit www.nzhealthfood.com or phone +64 3 962
7883 for more information.

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